Sam Gopal was a British underground psychedelic band that featured Lemmy (billed as Ian Willis) on lead guitar and vocals. The band were unique in that instead of traditional drums they had a tabla, played by Sam Gopal who the band was named after. Only this album, one single and a very rare EP were released before they spilt up. Lemmy then went one to form very the short lived Opal Butterfly before joining Hawkwind.

The tabla gives the the album an Eastern flavour but the dark lyrics of many of the songs (mostly penned by Lemmy) give it a very 'heavy' feel. It also contains a very good version of Donovan's 'Season Of The Witch'. Listen to the full album on Spotify here and enjoy the promo video for 'Sky Is Burning' below......

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Music collector with very large collection and eclectic tastes. Mostly covering the 1930's to 1970's with a few newfangled things thrown in.
Unfortunately, I am now suffering from a condition that gives me chronic pain, constant migraine and, most distressingly, all sound is now pain! So now most of my collection is unlistenable for me, but I have to hurt myself now and then. Although if I am able to listen to anything, generally it is so quiet no one else can hear it!!!!